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Jeremiah 6:29-30
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 6:29-30
New Catholic Bible
29 The bellows roar
and the lead is consumed by the fire.
In vain does the smelter do his work,
for the wicked are not purged out.[a]
30 They are called “rejected silver,”
for the Lord has indeed rejected them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:29 Smelters of silver used lead because when this melted and oxidized on contact with air it drew to itself the dross from the precious metal.